Traffic stop yields P180,000 suspected smuggled cigarettes in Antique

ILOILO CITY — What began as a routine traffic stop for an overloading violation turned into a significant smuggling bust after authorities confiscated P180,000 worth of suspected illicit cigarettes from a tricycle driver in San Jose, Antique on Thursday, April 9. The suspect, identified by police under the alias “Edwin,” 26, was traversing Nietes Street in Barangay 8 when he was flagged down around 9 a.m. READ: PNP seizes P2-billion smuggled cigarettes in Q1, crackdown continues  According to police reports, law enforcers initially stopped Edwin’s Rusi Macho 150 motorcycle with a sidecar due to overloading. However, during the routine visual […]... Keep on reading: Traffic stop yields P180,000 suspected smuggled cigarettes in Antique

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